Register for measuring-faucets.



no. 635,|as.

Patented Oct. I7, |899. J. RUMBACH.

REGISTER FOR MEASURING FAUCETS.

(Application led Har. 31, 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet l,

(No Model.)

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No. 635,!89. Patented Oct. I7, |899. J. ROMBACH.

REGISTER FOR MEASURING FAUCETS.

(Appncon med um. 31, 189s.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheei 2,

, UNITED STATES JOHN ROUBAGII, OF WTESTON, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORPATENT @Erica EDVARD A. BENNETT, OE SAME PLAGE.

REGISTER FOR MEASURlNGUFiU/CETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 635,189, dated 'October17, 1899.

,Application filed March 31, 1898. Serial No. 675,941. (No model.)

To all wir/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN RoMBAcH, a citizen of. the United States,residing at Veston, in the county of Lewis and State of Test 'Vin ginia,have invented a new and useful Reg ister for Measuring-Faucets, of whichthe vfollowing is a specifica-tion.

My invention relates to measuring-faucets, and particularly to atotal-registering attachment for use in connection withmeasuringfaucets, whereby without interfering with the functions of theother features of the apn paratus the register of the total amount ofliquid dra-wn through the faucet may be kept as a means of ascertainingthe remaining con tents of the barrel or cask.

Further objects and advantages of this in vention will appear in thefollowing description and the novel features'thereof will be par#ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figurev 1 is a perspective viewof a measuring-faucetconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view,partly in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is a partial plan View of thedevice to show the means for communicating motion to the indicator-disk.Fig. is a detail view of the stop-pawl detached. Fig. 5 is a verticalsectional view of a portion of the apparatus to show the means wherebymotion is communi-v cated'to the pointer. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectionof the same on the plane indicated by the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 isa detail view in perspective of a portion of the attachment to show themeans whereby the same is mounted upon the faucet. Fig. S is a detailview in perspective of a portion of the faucet, viewing the same fromthe rear, Lo show the seat in which the tongue of the bracket isremovably fitted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates the body portion of a faucet having a nozzle 2 fitted witha closing-valve 3, 4 an operating crank or handle by which the interiormeasuring devices of the faucet are controlled, and 5 a pointeroperatively connected with the handle or crank and mounted to traverse afixed indicating-dial G, all of the ordinary or any preferred construetion, whereby when the valve is turned to open the nozzle the rotationof the crank or handle will cause molasses or other liquid to liow at arate indicated by the index or pointer, the interior construction of thenozzle not being illustrated, as it 'forms no part of my presentinvention.

Mounted for rotary movement upon a suitable bracket 7 is aregistering-disk S, so connected with the pointer or index of themeasuring device as to receive a step-by-step motion therefrom, saidregistering-disk having a series of indicating characters or numeralsrepresenting units of liquid measure, such as a gallon, and the diskbeing mounted to operate contiguous to a fixed pointer fl, alsopreferablysupported bythe said bracket. In the construction illustratedthe index or pointer 5 of the measuring-disk is provided with anoperating or feed tooth 10, adapted to successively engage ratchet-teethor notches 1l in the periphery of the registering-disk, and thus movesaid registerin g-disk forward one stepfor each complete revolution ofthe index or pointer of the measuring device. A stop-pawl 12 is alsoarranged in operative relation with the peripheral teeth of theregistering-disk to prevent accidental backward rotation of the latter,and I preferably employ a stop-pawl 13 in operative relation with one ofthe gears lllot' the measuring apparatus to prevent accidental rotationof the operating handle or crank in a backward direction, as it isobvious that the proper operation of the totalregistering mechanismnecessitates the operation of the handle or crank in a uniformdirection. The stop-pawl 13,which is shown in the drawings, consists ofa shank terminating at one end in a bearing-eye 13, which is mountedupon the spindle 17 of one of said gears, said spindle terminating in aworm 1S, which meshes with a worin-gear 19, attached to the spindle ofthe pointer 5. The other end of the shank of said stop-pawl is providedwith a tooth 13b, which is adapted to occupy a position in the intervalbetween two teeth of one of the gears 14:, whereby forward rotation ofsaid gear is possible, but backward rotation thereof is prevented.

Itis common in measuring-faucets, particularly of the classillustratedin the drawings, to

provide the rear side thereof With a seat l5 in the form of a socket toreceive a lever or bar, whereby the threading of the shank or tube ofthe faucet into the bung of a barrel or cask may be facilitated, andthis seatI utilize as a means of applying the attachment, including theregistering-disk, to a faucet of the class speciied. The bracket 7 isprovided with a tongue 16, adapted to fit in the seat7 and therebysupport the body portion of the bracket in such a position as to disposethe indicating or registering disk in operative relation With theoperatiug-tooth on the index or pointer of the measuring device.` ItWill be understood, however7 that other means may be employed forsupporting the registering-disk in operative relation with the measuringdevices of the faucet, and hence l desire to be understood as notlimitingmyselt to the specic construction illustrated; also, otherchanges in the form, proportion, and the minor details of constructionrnay be resorted to Without depart ing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim isl. The combination with afaucet provided with a socket, a revoluble pointer, means to rotate saidpointer, and an operating-tooth on the pointer, of a total-registeringattachment embodying` a bracket having a tongue removably fitted in saidsocket, atoothed indicating-disk mounted on the bracket and adapted tobe engaged by the operating-tooth on the pointer, and a iiXed pointerfor said disk, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a measuring-faun cet provided with a socket, apointer, means to rotate said pointer, and an operating-tooth projectingfrom the pointer, of a bracket having a tongue to removably fit saidsocket, and a revoluble disk carried by the bracket and provided withuniformly-spaced peripheral teeth, the path of travel of whichintersects that ofthe operating-tooth on the pointer, sub stantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that l cla-iin the foregoing as my own I have heretoaflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROMBACH.

lVitnesses:

JOHN H. SIGGERS, HAROLD H. Sinus.

